Kishane Leaves Oblique’s Hopes Hanging

^{June 9, 2025 | Edition #140}

👋 Hey, Speedsters!

Jamaican track stars are back, and it’s time for the world to be warned. This weekend, the Racers Grand Prix returned to Jamaica’s National Stadium for yet another chapter. And that’s when Kishane Thompson casually flexed his speed against a stacked field, Shericka Jackson returned to 200m glory, and the American-Jamaican rivalry reignited in the 110 mH. Hop on as we bring this speedy coverage for you!

🌟 Track Stories

Kishane Thompson Lit Up the 100m

On Saturday, at the Racers Grand Prix in Jamaica, the men's 100m field just shook up a little more. After all, the line-up featured Kishane Thompson, who came within a whisker of Noah Lyles’ Olympic gold in Paris, the junior 100m World Champ Bayanda Walaza, and the World finalist whom Usain Bolt himself has tipped to break his world record, Oblique Seville. An easy win was definitely not on the cards....

But Thompson really flipped the script! As soon as the gun fired, Thompson reacted in a mere 0.159s, the second fastest in the race, and blasted out of lane 4. He cruised ahead, and even though the reigning champ in the event, Seville, clocked a strong second half, Thompson couldn’t be caught. That's how in 9.88s, he crossed the finish line and shot up the 2025 world chart, straight to the #4 spot. And now he is just 0.04 seconds away from the world lead. Watch Thompson's season-best 100m run here! Does it seem like this was just his second 100m race in the last 10 months? But it wasn’t just Kishane!

Seville came in second. And Walaza? Oh, he missed the podium entirely, coming fourth in 10.06s. Walaza has run fifteen 100m races so far. Yes, and he hasn’t finished anything but first or second in all of them. Here’s the 100m run that made him the U20 world lead! However, this time…

He slipped! The South African prodigy is just 19, and he did confess before the race, “I have fears of racing big names like Kishane Thompson…” But post the race, Walaza looked different: “I got discipline. And I take it as a route of learning.” Maybe the South African has finally cracked the code! Regardless, one thing is sure—the 100m field is getting hot with the Jamaicans, Americans, and South Africans all in it!

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The Jamaican Spark Is Back on the TRACK!

F-I-N-A-L-L-Y. It looks like Shericka Jackson is ready to take back control in the 200m! After all, at the Racers GP, she has finally registered her first 200m win of the season. Right after the gunshot, it took her 0.188s to react before she blazed off and finished at the top in 22.53s. It wasn’t only her season best, but her fastest 200m time since June 2024. Also, this was her second 200m race after she missed out on the DL win to Anavia Battle in April. So maybe, as the season progresses, so will her speed! Watch her dominate and restrict Canada's national record holder!

It was not just Jackson, but another Jamaican powerhouse, Tina Clayton, who also stole the spotlight in Jamaica. In the 100m, Clayton held off American prodigy Jacious Sears and the World U20 Champ Alana Reid, as she registered a season best in 10.92s. And this isn’t just any SB— this is Tina’s first sub-11 in three years, while her twin Tia also ran 11.24 in the same race, coming fifth. Thus, Saturday was clearly Tina’s time to shine, and now she’s tied at the #6 spot on the 2025 world list. And with this, one thing is sure…

The Jamaican women are back in business. After that Paris Olympic miss, where Tia was the only Jamaican in the 100m final, things looked rough as Jamaicans missed the podium for the first time since 1988. In 2025, too, the Jamaican season started off on shaky ground. Shericka Jackson hadn’t won a single race till recently, in late May, and Shelly-Ann fell short both at the World Relay and the Doha DL podium. The recurring misses made it seem like the spark was gone. But now? It looks like the fire’s back!

Watch: Tina Clayton Hold Off The Field With Her 100m Time!

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🎖️Beyond the Medals

Is the America vs Jamaica Rivalry Back?

April 2025, remember when Trey Cunningham was making the headlines for? Yes, for defeating Grant Holloway at the Tom Jones Memorial by 0.09 seconds. And that is when everyone started wondering: Are we looking at a new 110m hurdles king? Because who else can hold back the reigning Olympic champ? But looks like the tables have turned. In an event where we thought only Americans were ruling, a Jamaican has just crashed the party....

At the Racers GP, in the men’s 110m hurdles, the Olympic bronze medalist Rasheed Broadbell defeated the US athlete Trey Cunningham in a nail-biting contest, 13.06 to 13.08 (0.7m/s). Yep, just 0.02 seconds separated the two. Now this win must have felt like a sweet revenge for the Jamaican, because last season it was Cunningham who won at the Racers GP while Broadbell came second by 0.12 seconds. This time, the script was flipped. Watch Broadbell’s big win here.

Overall, it’s still 4-3 with Cunningham leading the head-to-head, but Broadbell set a meet record, and that clearly shows the Jamaican male athletes like Thompson and Broadbell are back in the winning business too! So the rest of the competition between buckle up!

Watch: How Trey Cunningham Handed Grant Holloway a Loss!

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